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Outstanding Achievement
2026 NOMINATIONS

Features

Feature

4/4 by Filip Prelevic

Astral Plain Drifter

A Record of Love
Beget
Summer Interlude

Don’t Make Friends - Winner Worcester



Feature Documentary

Rice & Sugar
The Guardian of Stories

Flowers Beyond the Dark

Love Me Bait Me - Mass Spirit Award

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​Unproduced Screenplays

Finalists
 

Short Screenplays

COFFEE?! By Gabriel Silverio

It's Time by Robert John Lanciani

Rare Birds by Nicola Rose

The Music Of Mao Bao by Kevin Hernandez
This is Zuu by JoJo Guevara


 

Feature Length Screenplays

Don't Make Autumn Fall by Xi Ren

Frozen Lies by Eric R Lotter

Presence by Michael Neel

They Let Him Go by Adam Lamparello

The Problem with Jenny
      by Rani Deighe Crowe

 

Mass Indie Spirit Awards

The Mass Indie Spirit Awards will also be awarded during the Awards Ceremony. They are projects selected by the jury that believe exemplifies the true spirit of independent cinema. And often it is not a project that has been nominated for any more traditional award.
 



Student Short

Nor'easter by Ricky Jessurun
Shattered by Sydney Rene Gemme
Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna
Burnout by Angel Disla
Monument by Allison Thompson
Scalae Sensus by Allison Thompson
Unfortunate Preconceptions by Zoe Slot
Blank Slate by Gaby Estabrooks   

Comedy Shorts
Tongue 
     
by Gabe Kimpson & Christina Alexandra
Heckler Guy by Miguel Lopez de Leon       Details (About the End of the World) 
     by Elli Aspasia Papadiamanti

Raccoon Soup by Janie Gentry    
Young Hot Divorcée by Tova Hopemark
Grimm & Grimmer by Libby Cowley (Australia)

Shorts

Short


Creator by Jon Pivko

FranksList by Christine Celozzi

Sit With Me While I Die by Brian Russell    â€¨Rain Was Not in the Forecast by Brian Russell
First Patient by Jordan Battiste

Sorry, She Can't Help Herself
     by Roqiye Tavakoli

Shallow End by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff
Palace Pizza by Anthony Neri

Annie by Alyssa Horrobin (Canada)    â€¨


International

I Owe You One
     by Santi Capuz, Diego Jiménez (Spain)

Remains by Fabio Bobbio (Italy)    â€¨
Filkool by Maral Forouzesh (Iran)

Details (About the End of the World)
     by Elli Aspasia Papadiamanti (Greece)    â€¨
Annie by Alyssa Horrobin (Canada)

La Mister by Domenico de Ceglia (Italy)

Sorry, She Can't Help Herself
     by Roqiye Tavakoli

    
Best Short Documentary

Face Off for Heroes by Michael Penhollow       Home by Johanny Mota                    â€¨
Salmon Restoration on the Penobscot River           by Sunlight Media Collective                â€¨
The Last Lobsterman by Jason Conforti           Veno, Struggling Artist
     by Marc Bowen Kornblatt    â€¨
Where’s My Coffee Cup? by Yehuda Sharim    â€¨Untold Legends of Comic Books Presents Bernie Wrightson by Chris Denmead     â€¨


New England Short

Galilee by Rachelle A. Dermer

Scenes From a Summer Day by Jack Galvin
Shattered by Sydney Rene Gemme ʉ۬
Dog in a Manger by Jacob Varney

Saudade by Emerson Mako, Amy Valentine
Dissection Day by Rachel Thomas-Medwid     
Family Business by Darcy Lally
     & Emily Gelinas        â€¨
I’m the Hero by Daniel Bartlett

Say Hello by David Graziano

Bear Brook by Tony Fanini     


Massachusetts Short

The Impostor Syndrome: Episode 1
     by Wednesday Klevisha    â€¨
Thickly Settled by Brian D Jones
     & Jordan Brooks

Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna

A Genre Fluid Film
     by Adam (Jessica) Griswold     â€¨
Blue by Marco J Sandoval

Join the Club by Melissa Dimetres    

Buckle Up by Jay Connolly    â€¨
Liquid Spine, Great Marsh by Katie Pustizzi
Christine by Nyah Gazda

Drowned by Ryan Nunes, Sean Campbell



Worcester County Short

Periphery by Brittany Severance
     & Herman E. Servatius    â€¨
Not for Sale by Jeff Tocci

LoverGurl by Kris Salvi

Pumpkin Pie by Karin Trachtenberg

Last Laughs by Michael Rekola    

Into Reality by Matt Gorman

 

Horror Short

Brothers of the Apocalypse by Luke Tatro     â€¨Shift by Bridgette Cannell    â€¨
The Celebration by Jacek Wladyslaw Kudas
Infectum (A Possession) by John Westcott    â€¨Mirage by Zavius Aponte    â€¨
Prom Party Massacre by Jordan Gustafson    â€¨Christine by Nyah Gazda    â€¨
 

Animation Short

Ball Lightning by Catriona Trina Baker             
Boxboy Jr.: Cardboard Box Adventures
     by Alex Lanier                 â€¨
Filkool by Maral Forouzesh (Iran)                     Have a Nice Dream by Jonathan Kirkpatrick   Not Dead by Alex Reis                    â€¨
Started Off in the Basement
     by Conni St. Pierre     
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Experimental Short

Prayer of the Sea by Martin Gerigk (Germany)
Lost Dreams by Andrew Wakeman Proctor    
The Geologic Record of My Heart
     by Joanne Burke    
Ars Animalis for Troubled Times
     by Anne Ciecko
Gone with the Sun by Sam Walker
Finale / Interlude 2: "Cast Aside"
     by Marco P Steel    
Ant Girl by Amanda Besl     

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